In the aftermath of what many view as the strangest firing in the history of Colorado high school sports, Mullen continued to reel and Dave Logan headed to Beantown as a broadcaster for the Broncos game Saturday night.

Yes, what's left has a nasty odor.

Mullen's stunning dismissal of Logan on Wednesday is one for the books.

The short story is that a traditionally strong parochial school exercised its right to broom one of Colorado's favorite sons and most successful football coaches — whose strong character and integrity have been cited by players, parents, peers and the public, saying he had become the face of the school. And, they didn't want a non-faculty member being the face of the school.

True, Logan isn't LaSallian, a full-time teacher or at the south Denver school 24/7.

In fact, he's a Methodist, a broadcaster, a radio talk show host and a pitchman, and made it a point to be in the building well before any practices and games on most days.

Sure, he and his football program became the face of Mullen. It happens. When you win four state championships, that will happen, believe it or not.

Same as with coach Rudy Carey and his boys basketball team at East; ditto for Dick Katte and Denver Christian. Any how many others automatically associate Columbine with Andy Lowry and Burlington with Glynn Higgs because of their football programs, or Eaton with Jim Danley and Cherry Creek with Marc Johnson through baseball?

While Mullen officials, save for chief operating officer and president Ryan Clement, have been as mum as Josh McDaniels was this past week, Logan passed on giving an extensive comment, including on his radio show because, he said, not every prep football coach has a radio show. This isn't Texas.

Logan didn't "get too big" for Mullen. Last time we checked — we did and we're still on it — he encouraged his players to compete in other sports, stay out of trouble and be reasonable when it comes to drawing negative attention.

Logan didn't teach at the school, but Mullen is admittedly low in terms of actual teacher-coaches ratio within the building, at around 10 percent, as are other area schools. Men and women who don't teach cannot only coach, but also make sure values are passed on to their student-athletes. Look around. Schools throughout metro Denver rely on coaches who aren't on the faculty. Why turn away from a viable coaching pool?

While Clement denies our report that he and others from the school were going to be required to be part of Logan's staff, others inside or close to the school can only laugh. Multiple sources close to the program told us the same thing, that Mullen wanted full-time faculty members on Logan's staff.

This is what it has come to — rolling the dice about who's telling the truth or running their mouths.

So much for the educational experience.

And having a coach who will raise funds? As far as I know, most do to a degree, and I'm sure Logan has made acquaintances with those who have money.

It's almost as if Mullen, where officials admit to financial concerns, is downsizing on purpose, forfeiting its top sporting asset to go in another direction. How many more Mustangs coaches will be far behind?

If I'm a prep coach anywhere, I just saw a guy with a 201-43 career mark with six championships get shown the door as if his team was winless and had an entire starting lineup that was recruited, academically ineligible or in trouble with the law.

Obviously, Logan, who probably will keep his staff intact and continue to donate his coaching salary once he opts for another job, is in demand. But who from here wants to follow him, and how many Mustangs wish to return?

And, seriously, why is Clement on such an island? You may not like his responses to the firing, but where are other school officials to back him up? Mullen principal Jim Gmelich has refused repeated requests to talk about the situation.

Mullen can do whatever it wants. Logan agrees with that. Just don't expect everyone to like it.

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